Tag: Air Force
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German government publishes roadmap on drone armament
The governing coalition of Christian and Social Democrats wants to introduce armed drones in a hurry before the Bundestag elections. More and more SPD members of parliament are now positioning themselves against it On 16 December, the Budget and Defence Committees of the German Bundestag are due to decide on the armament of the Israeli-derived […]
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German Airbase in Jagel: Waiting for the drones
Only 23 years after a military drone airport in Jagel was decided, large drones could actually be stationed there. But the squadron is already analysing images and videos of drone missions in Mali. In this way, “terrorists” and “smugglers” are also being pursued from Schleswig-Holstein. On 12 April 2005, Peter Struck (SPD), the Defence Minister […]
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“Global Hawk”: New NATO drones fly over Italy, France and Germany
In the next six months NATO will launch its first unmanned surveillance programme. Yesterday, the second of five drones arrived in Sicily. For the first time, it is known where the aircraft are to fly. NATO’s five “Global Hawk” are to fly in Italian, French and German airspace. The HALE class drones will use a […]
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German military drone program in Israel operating as “Red Baron”
German soldiers train on a base near Tel Aviv first with Israeli drones. The delivery of the aircrafts with the German “Iron Cross” takes place earlier than planned. For the stationing of its drones in Israel, the Bundeswehr moved into an area on the Israeli air base Tel Nof on Monday. The cooperation runs under […]